Friday, October 24, 2025

Trump: US to deploy anti-drug Navy ships near Venezuela

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JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up...

US warship captain seeks crew isolation as virus spreads

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LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The captain of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking...

Virus causes surge in WW II references, but is it merited?

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TAMER FAKAHANY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In the first week of June 2019, World War II was on many people's minds. It was the 75th...

US, UAE troops hold major exercise amid virus, Iran tensions

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JON GAMBRELL Associated Press AL-HAMRA MILITARY BASE, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Marines and Emirati forces held a major military exercise Monday that saw...

Dream of a lifetime: Transgender man yearns to join military

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DAVID CRARY and KEITH SRAKOCIC Associated Press LISBON, Ohio (AP) — Nic Talbott keeps himself busy, working as a substitute teacher, studying for a master's...

Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops

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QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad...

Pentagon reconsiders Microsoft contract after Amazon protest

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what...

Pentagon: US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base

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LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the...

Esper: U.S. to start initial troop pullback from Afghanistan

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LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he has given the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan the go-ahead to...

Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China

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ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's peace deal with the Taliban opens the door for an initial American troop...